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SEATTLE - MAY 27: Sancho Lyttle #21, Michelle Snow #2 and Sheryl Swoopes #22 of the Houston Comets talk things over as they return to the court after a timeout in their WNBA game with the Seattle Storm on May 27, 2005 at Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. NOTE TO USER: User Expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2005 NBAE. (Photo by Jeff Reinking/NBAE via Getty Images)
SEATTLE - MAY 27: Sancho Lyttle #21, Michelle Snow #2 and Sheryl Swoopes #22 of the Houston Comets talk things over as they return to the court after a timeout in their WNBA game with the Seattle Storm on May 27, 2005 at Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. NOTE TO USER: User Expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2005 NBAE. (Photo by Jeff Reinking/NBAE via Getty Images)
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9 Sep 2000: Sandy Brondello #6 for Australia passes in front of Nikki McCray #15 for the USA, during the match between the Australian Opals and Team USA, at the Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia. Mandatory Credit: Hamish Blair/ALLSPORT
9 Sep 2000: Sandy Brondello #6 for Australia passes in front of Nikki McCray #15 for the USA, during the match between the Australian Opals and Team USA, at the Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia. Mandatory Credit: Hamish Blair/ALLSPORT

Sandy Brondello (First pro playing experience: 1988 Australian national team)

Player: Michele Timms

“I got to play with her on the Australian team from the age of 18, and she’s three years older than me. Just the way that she came to practice, she always practiced hard, 100%,” Brondello said. “She just taught me it’s hard work. Not just playing with her with the Opals, but overseas in Germany, too, and that was more like, ‘Wow, okay, this is a whole other level.’ She was the biggest one. And with Tom Maher, the Australian coach, we practiced really hard. It was a grind, it was a grind, but it made you mentally tough and physically strong.”

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